2024 Summer Session A
6 weeks, May 20 - June 28
GPP 115 101 - DIS 101
Global Poverty: Challenges and Hopes
Class #:13699
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Time Conflict Enrollment Allowed
Offered through
Interdisciplinary Social Science Programs
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
40
Enrolled: 0
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 40
Waitlist Max: 15
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
2.5 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week, 8 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 19.5 hours of outside work hours per week.
Course Catalog Description
This class seeks to provide a rigorous understanding of 20th century development and thus 21st century poverty alleviation. Students will take a look at popular ideas of poverty alleviation, the institutional framework of poverty ideas and practices, and the social and political mobilizations that seek to transform the structures of poverty.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets International Studies, L&S Breadth
Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
Associated Sections
None